Convention Research/Further Inspiration

This Polish magazine, 'K Mag', uses an interesting layout for the covers if its issues. For example, the positioning of the barcode breaks conventions, and I have never seen another issue made in this way. The masthead also covers the majority of the cover, and the cover lines are at the very bottom making for a very unusual layout! The use of big bold fonts and colours makes for a often quite abstract image. I feel this works really well and hope to take inspiration from it!

Complex: Seth Rogen

I like the way there is a relationship between the text and the artist, in the way that they interact with each other via editing. This is fairly unique compared to the conventional magazine, where the artist is just an image over the top of or underneath the text.

To Catch a Theif

Here is another piece of photography by Annie Leibowitz. Although it is not magazine based, or relevant to the style I wish to acheive; I have taken inspiration from the way it covers the 2 pages. A wide shot is used to give a panoramic effect which works really well, as the space between the two models appears very large, and extra aspects can be added to the photo, such as the fireworks. I have taken inspiration from this shot, and would like to acheive something interesting with my DPS.

Annie Leibovitz/Complex

Whilst looking at photography by Annie Leibowitz for inspiration, I found this piece of Michael Jordan (left). It reminded me of an issue of Complex I had read, where Kanye West is photographed pretty similarly. Although Jordan is not a music artist, he is fairly involved with the hip-hop scene due to his input into fashion and style, and therefore this kind of shot is relevant to the genre I aim to appeal to, and I will experiment with this layout when taking my test shots.

Complex: Clipse x KAWS. The Art of The Hustle

This special edition issue of complex features work by an artist I admire, 'KAWS'. His graffiti/cartoon style is relevant to the Hip-Hop scene, and also gives a contemporary, abstract feel which breaks the conventions of simple text and image layouts. The photography used is also different and interesting, choosing body shots over mid shots, and displaying a toy package style. I feel these types of innovative magazines are what appeal most both to me and my target market, as they stand out from the crowd.